Intelligent umbrella and/or robotic shading system with ultra-low energy transceivers

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10554436-B2
Application number	US-201715817252-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 19, 2017
Priority date	Nov 19, 2017
Publication date	Feb 4, 2020
Grant date	Feb 4, 2020

Abstract

An intelligent umbrella, comprising a base assembly, the base assembly having an outside surface contacting a ground surface, a support assembly, the support assembly connected to the base assembly, an expansion assembly, the expansion assembly connected to the support assembly and to expand and contract one or more arm support assemblies and arms; and an ultra-low energy (ULE) wireless transceiver, the ULE wireless transceiver to act as an ULE hub, to generate commands or instructions and to communicate the generated commands or instructions to another ULE-enabled device. The another ULE-enabled device may be a separate intelligent umbrella, and the commands or instructions to instruct the separate intelligent umbrella to move one or more mechanical assemblies of the separate intelligent umbrella.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An intelligent umbrella, comprising:
a base assembly, the base assembly having an outside surface contacting a ground surface;
a support assembly, the support assembly connected to the base assembly;
an expansion assembly, the expansion assembly connected to the support assembly and to expand and contract one or more arm support assemblies and arms; and
an ultra low energy (ULE) wireless transceiver, the ULE wireless transceiver to act as an ULE communication hub, to generate commands or instructions and to communicate the generated commands or instructions to another ULE-enabled device to control some operations of the another ULE-enabled device, wherein the ULE wireless transceiver to be located within the support assembly or the expansion assembly.

2. The intelligent umbrella of claim 1 , the another ULE-enabled device to be a separate intelligent umbrella, and the generated commands or instructions to instruct the separate intelligent umbrella to move one or more mechanical assemblies of the separate intelligent umbrella, the one or more mechanical assemblies to be the one or more arm support assemblies and arms.

3. The intelligent umbrella of claim 1 , the another ULE-enabled device to be a separate intelligent umbrella, the ULE wireless transceiver to further communicate audio data, and the commands or instructions to instruct the separate intelligent umbrella to playback the communicated audio data.

4. The intelligent umbrella of claim 1 , the another ULE-enabled device to be a separate intelligent umbrella, the commands or instructions to instruct one or more sensors in the separate intelligent umbrella to capture sensor measurements and to receive the captured sensor measurements from the separate intelligent umbrella.

5. The intelligent umbrella of claim 4 , further comprising one or more memory devices, one or more processors and computer-readable instructions, the computer-readable instructions accessed from the one or more memory devices and executable by the one or more processors to store the captured sensor measurements in the one or more memory devices.

6. The intelligent umbrella of claim 1 , the another ULE-enabled device to be a separate intelligent umbrella, the commands or instructions to instruct one or more camera devices in the separate intelligent umbrella to capture video and/or audio in an area surrounding the separate intelligent umbrella and to receive the captured video and/or audio from the one or more camera devices in the separate intelligent umbrella.

7. The intelligent umbrella of claim 6 , further comprising one or more memory devices, one or more processors and computer-readable instructions, the computer-readable instructions accessed from the one or more memory devices and executable by the one or more processors to store the captured video and/or audio or to communicate the captured video and/or audio to a remote computing device or server.

8. The intelligent umbrella of claim 1 , the another ULE-enabled device to be a home sensor or security device, the commands or instructions to instruct the home sensor to activate and turn on.

9. The intelligent umbrella of claim 1 , the ULE wireless transceiver to further communicate audio data, the another ULE-enabled device to be a home audio receiver, the commands or instructions to instruct the home audio receiver to play the communicated audio data.

10. An intelligent umbrella, comprising:
a base assembly, the base assembly having an outside surface contacting a ground surface;
a support assembly, the support assembly connected to the base assembly;
an expansion assembly, the expansion assembly connected to the support assembly and to expand and contract one or more arm support assemblies and arms; and
an ultra low energy (ULE) wireless transceiver, the ULE wireless transceiver to receive commands or instructions from another ULE transceiver in another ULE-enabled device to perform an operation at the intelligent umbrella based at least in part on the received commands or instructions, the ULE wireless transceiver to be located within the support assembly or the expansion assembly.

11. The intelligent umbrella of claim 10 , further comprising one or more processors, one or more memory devices, and computer-readable instructions,
wherein the received commands or instructions from the another ULE-enabled device to direct one or more motors in the intelligent umbrella to activate and operate; and
the computer-readable instructions to be accessed from the one or more memory devices and executable by the one or more processors, to generate commands, messages or instructions, and to communicate the generated commands, messages or instructions to the one or more motors in the intelligent umbrella.

12. The intelligent umbrella of claim 10 , further comprising to receive audio files from the ULE transceiver in the another ULE-enabled device, and
further comprising one or more processors, one or more memory devices, and computer-readable instructions,
the computer-readable instructions to be accessed from the one or more memory devices and executable by the one or more processors, to communicate the received audio files to an audio reproduction device in the intelligent umbrella, the audio reproduction device to play the received audio files based, at least in part, on the received commands or instructions.

13. The intelligent umbrella of claim 10 , further comprising one or more imaging devices, and
one or more processors, one or more memory devices, and computer-readable instructions,
the computer-readable instructions to be accessed from the one or more memory devices and executable by the one or more processors, to activate the one or more imaging devices in the intelligent umbrella to capture video and/or audio of an area surrounding the intelligent umbrella and to communicate the captured video and/or audio via the ULE wireless transceiver to another ULE transceiver in an another intelligent umbrella.

14. The intelligent umbrella of claim 10 , further comprising one or more environmental sensors, and
one or more processors, one or more memory devices, and computer-readable instructions, the computer-readable instructions to be accessed from the one or memory devices and executable by the one or more processors, to activate the one or more environmental sensors in the intelligent umbrella to capture environmental sensor measurements and to communicate the captured environmental sensor measurements via the ULE wireless transceiver to an another ULE transceiver in an another intelligent umbrella.

15. An intelligent umbrella, comprising:
a base assembly, the base assembly having an outside surface contacting a ground surface;
a support assembly, the support assembly connected to the base assembly;
an expansion assembly, the expansion assembly connected to the support assembly and to expand and contract one or more arm support assemblies and arms;
an ultra low energy (ULE) wireless transceiver, to communicate with other ULE wireless transceivers in other ULE-enabled devices,
one or more memory devices, one or more processors, and computer-readable instructions, the computer-readable instructions being accessed from the one or more memory devices and executable by the one or more processors to:
analyze bandwidth and range capability of the ULE wireless transceiver and to analyze bandwidth and range capability of the wireless local area network (LAN) transceiver;
compare the analyzed bandwidth and range capability of the ULE wireless transceiver and the analyzed bandwidth and range capability of the

Assignees

• Shadecraft Inc

Inventors

• Gharabegian Armen Sevada

Classifications

• H02S20/30

  Supporting structures being movable or adjustable, e.g. for angle adjustment · CPC title

• H04L67/125

  involving control of end-device applications over a network · CPC title

• H04L2012/2841

  Wireless · CPC title

• F21V33/006

  General building constructions or finishing work for buildings, e.g. roofs, gutters, stairs or floors; Garden equipment; Sunshades or parasols · CPC title

• H04L12/282 Primary

  based on user interaction within the home (receiver circuitry for displaying additional information being controlled by a remote control apparatus H04N21/42204) · CPC title